Word: localism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...criticize new plays when they appear instead of awaiting their arrival in New York City? And Stars Remain opened in Washington Oct. 5 and is being reviewed in your issue of Oct. 26, fairly favorably. It's one of the poorest shows ever to grace, or disgrace, our local stage. It was one of the slowest moving shows ever to open here and if it weren't for Clifton Webb, who is the show, it probably wouldn't have opened...
...tramload of Louisiana State University football rooters returning to Baton Rouge after a game with the University of Arkansas at Shreveport. Train guards ordered all lights out. The passengers were forced to lie on the aisle floors for hours, keep up their courage by sucking at flasks until local police drove...
Edward Ballard had a gambler's impulsive temperament, but in running his casino he was shrewd and businesslike. No local resident was ever permitted in his gambling rooms, no liquor was ever allowed, all patrons had to wear evening dress, no employe was permitted to wager a nickel. One year Gamester Ballard made $1,000,000. He bought the West Baden Springs Hotel, and later, with a Detroit gambler, Robert ("Silver Bob") Alexander, also opened a gambling place at Miami. After a time Ballard withdrew from the Association. In the same era he plunged into the circus business...
...trucks ran over U. S. highways - slightly more than in 1930. Last year total sales in the U. S. and Canada were 732,005 trucks. Said Truckman Winchester last week: "This year sales should run 15% to 20% higher, depending largely on the course that local legislation takes in restricting highway freight traffic...
...Alumni Placement Office is frequently asked by local employers to submit Senior applicants for jobs. Here the competition is somewhat less, and because the interview takes place in the company offices the role of aggressor is somewhat easier to play, and is often attended with better success...